Boudreau v. State

In this appeal from two convictions for lewd assault1 Boudreau raises one issue: whether the trial court erred by failing to provide written reasons for imposing adult sanctions against Boudreau, who was seventeen at the time these offenses were committed. See § 39.111(7)(d), Fla.Stat. (1987); Clemons v. State, 508 So.2d 430 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987).

The state argues that since Boudreau was “direct-filed” as an adult2 he was not “transferred” from the juvenile to the adult system as that term is employed in section 39.111. They cite Duke v. State, 541 So.2d 1170 (Fla.1989), wherein the court…